[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]’ve been gaming for the vast majority of my life but have only rarely enjoyed a From Software game. Some of their most esteemed properties, the King’s Field and Souls series, look incredible and yet my time spent playing any of them probably clocks…
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I’ll be honest; I’m no spring chicken anymore. Given that I’m less than a year away from 40 I’ve accepted that a majority of my gaming life is now a memory. While there are plenty of games I’m looking forward to, the creeping hand of…
[dropcap size=big]H[/dropcap].P. Lovecraft is considered the father of modern horror. His influence is found in almost every form of horror today, and videogames are no different. Amnesia, the Penumbra series, Eternal Darkness… many games try to emulate that feeling of going mad with terror, and…
[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]t’s not every day you have a heavily influenced Slavic and Mediterranean folklore based RPG, but today ladies, gentleman and others, I present to you, Awaken! Set in a dark, war-ravaged fantasy world, Awaken puts you in the role as a Vasalli, powerful humans…
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he story and lore of Bloodborne borrows heavily from the tales of H. P. Lovecraft and others inspired by his horrific tales. While there are few overt references to his works, the subtle nods to the occult and eldritch horrors introduced by this literary…
Most of the time we see visual novels which are cutesy, sexy, or in some other way light-hearted. Every so often, fans of the genre are treated to completely different sorts of storylines. This is the case with Trigger, a game described as a choose…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]f you’ve been on Cliqist for a little while then you might’ve already seen our series of articles about Kickstarter and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, referred to as the DMCA. If you aren’t sure about what DMCA actually is then it might help…
[dropcap size=big]D[/dropcap]eveloper Grenade Tree’s X-COM inspired American Revolution Sci-fi combat crossover is nearing the final stretch in their Kickstarter campaign. Now is as good a time as any to take a crack at that demo that can be found on Gamejolt and IndieDB. They’ve already succeeded…
[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap] bet you would have never guessed – though if you’ve had the chance to download the alpha demo then chances are you’re accustomed to the sense of humor in this particular game world – but Happy Hell is easily one of the most…
It’s always a joy when a new Kickstarter campaign manages to hook me right off the bat. When clicking on Elsinore and seeing the basic description, I couldn’t help but keep reading: “Elsinore is a time-looping narrative adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.”…
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]s a writer of queer fiction, I’m fairly open about my bisexuality. Getting married to a man and becoming a mother didn’t make this magically go away. These days, the way I scratch that non-hetero itch is by reading books, comics, and playing the…
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]fter a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign and a lengthy Early Access, InXile Entertainment’s highly anticipated Wasteland 2 debuted. The second franchise installment dropped in 2014, continuing the narrative from 1987’s Wasteland. I reviewed the beta and final cut earlier, but never had the opportunity…
[dropcap size=small]S[/dropcap]ince I began at Cliqist, I’ve had to review a number of crowdfunded games, and I noticed something odd happening to my average number of positive game experiences. It was going up! This is unusual because I’m typically a very picky gamer who dismantles everything from…
In The Intergalactic Trashman, there was a massive war which ended up sending tons of garbage spiraling out in space. As this simply wouldn’t do, space trashmen were established to pick up all the rubbish and dispose of it properly. Two members of the Intergalactic…
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]lthough I don’t particularly define myself as a “journalist,” I am pretty aware of the grind associated with writing content on the web. It is at times joyful, and other times quite soul-sucking if you let it be all about the money. But, with…
[dropcap size=big]A[/dropcap]t the beginning of April we took a quick look at Izle, an action adventure RPG funding on Kickstarter. Now that the developers at Area Effect have released a playable demo, we finally get a hands-on look at what Izle is all about. In a…
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